Canadian Women 4 Women in Afghanistan and Red Pashmina Inc. to Host Fundraiser Saturday

The Peterborough chapter of Canadian Women 4 Women in Afghanistan (CW4WAfghan) and Red Pashmina Inc. will be hosting a fundraiser at the Silver Bean Café to benefit educational programs for women in Afghanistan.

Members of the Peterborough Chapter of CW4WAfghan Janet HonsBerger, Joanne Rowland and Janice Ephgrave.

The groups will be selling red pashminas, handmade crafts from Afghanistan, used books and other accessories from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Money raised at Saturday’s events will go to the national Canadian Women 4 Women group, which supports educational programs for women and girls in Afghanistan.

“Now more than ever this is important, because of the situation in Afghanistan, the Taliban is restricting the education of girls.” said Melodie Mcullough, CW4WAfghan. “ It also gives hope to the women of Afghanistan to know that other women around the world are thinking of them and trying to support them at this time.”

Currently, the Taliban has banned girls from pursuing education beyond primary school in Afghanistan.

The CW4WAfghanistan are now focused on adapting and continuing to deliver educational programs where possible while campaigning for the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.

In the past they have funded projects like Gender Equality in Teacher Training, which alleviates the chronic shortage of qualified female teachers and Afghanistan Reads! which offers literacy classes to women and out-of school girls.

Red Pashmina Inc is a grassroots initiative based in Peterborough that started in 2010. They have red pashmina’s for sale year round at Hi Ho Silver and at the New Canadians Centre. Money raised gets donated to CW4WAfghanistan.

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Colossal Pumpkins Earn Donations For Local Shelter

The Brock Mission will not be scared this Halloween as $400 from the sale of two colossal pumpkins will go towards the shelter sold on Thursday.

(Left to right) Kirtus Evoy, PTBOCanada owner; Pete Dalliday, Fresh Radio DJ; Reese, Canadian Tire PitStop and Dale Strano, Farmboy Markets Ltd. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Pete Dalliday and Dani Guppy of 100.5 Fresh Radio put out a call to Peterborough to buy the pumpkins to support the shelter and quickly found homes.

Canadian Tire PitStop and PTBOCanada purchased the two pumpkins for $100 each with all proceeds going to Brock Mission. Dale Strano of Farmboy Markets Ltd. matched the raised money totalling $400.

The pumpkins were donated by a frequent customer to Farmboy where Strano quickly put them on display.

“A great customer of ours came down and was willing to put these here,” he said. “(They) hoped that they could get the donation for the Brock Mission and help with Thanksgiving dinners.”

The PTbocAnada Staff displaying newly purchased pUmpkins and a straw bale from Farmboy At their front window. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Straw bales and pumpkins are available for purchase at Farmboy for Halloween decorations.

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Colossal pumpkins at Farmboy Markets! All proceeds go to Brock Mission so we decided to bring one to the office!

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Bridgenorth Family's Spooky Display is Gathering Donations for Food Bank

The Mitchell family from Bridgenorth has invited the community to tour their spooky Halloween display and drop off donations for the Bridgenorth Food Bank during their visit.

The Mitchell Family hopes to fill the trailer by Halloween, Crystal says donations have already been pouring in from community members. Photo by Angela O’Grady.

Crystal Mitchell, her husband and their five children moved to Bridgenorth from Gamebridge this August.

“Last year we did food bank donations in Gamebridge and did really well,” she said. “So we figured we’d continue what we used to do there.”

The Halloween display stretches across the Mitchell’s 350 foot front lawn, located at 1058 Ward St, Bridgenorth.

Located in the middle of the display is an enclosed trailer, which the Mitchell’s hope will be filled with donations for the Bridgenorth Food Bank by Halloween.

“We love Halloween, the kids love Halloween, it’s our favourite holiday,” said Mitchell. “We just want to share our love of it with everyone and what better way to do that than to help to food bank while we’re at it.”

The display features spiderwebs, ghosts, aliens and a hard-to-miss 12 foot tall skeleton.

Donations can be dropped off at anytime, but the animatronic decorations, lights and effects will only be on from about 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. every Saturday until Halloween.

The Bridgenorth Food Bank runs out of Bridgenorth United Church at 832 Charles St. Clients can pick up food once a month.

While it may seem far away, Mitchell says that when the Halloween decorations come down the Christmas decorations go up.

“We did so well with the Halloween food bank donations last so we thought we’d do it for Christmas too,” she said.

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Feedback on Phase 3 of the Citywide Transportation Master Plan due Friday

The due date to provide feedback as part of Phase 3 of the citywide Transportation Master Plan update process is Friday at 11:55 p.m.

PHoto courtesy of the city of peterborough.

Phase 3 of the project entails the development and assessment of hybrid strategies for the future of the City of Peterborough’s transportation network – the system of public transit, sidewalks, trails, cycling lanes, and roads that people use to move throughout the community.

Details on the Transportation Master Plan update, including recordings of the public meetings are posted online at www.connectptbo.ca/moveptbo for people to review and provide feedback.

Anyone who is unable to access the online feedback form can contact the City at 705-742-7777 ext. 1749 or by email at moveptbo@peterborough.ca for assistance or to arrange for a paper copy of the feedback form.

Phase 4 of the Transportation Master Plan update process will take place this fall, focusing on infrastructure improvement needs and key decision points.

Comments and feedback received through the consultation, along with data that is collected, input from the City, and recommendations from the consultants will help inform the Transportation Master Plan Update.

At the end of the Transportation Master Plan update process, a draft plan will be presented to City Council for its consideration and approval.

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Hometown PTBO: Shelbi Kilcollins Discusses Her Hockey Ventures, Petes Alumni and Being Involved With Peterborough

This week on Hometown PTBO, Pete Dalliday speaks with Shelbi Kilcollins, Peterborough Petes director of marketing and growth about being involved with the Peterborough Ice Kats, Try Hockey Night, Petes Alumni and her dog Eleanor.

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Peterborough Public Health Releases Suggestions for a Safe Thanksgiving

Peterborough Public Health (PPH) released on Wednesday several recommendations for celebrating Thanksgiving in a COVID-safe way.

Larry Stinson will act as the interim CEO of Peterborough Public Health until Dr.Thomas Piggot assumes The role on Dec. 1. File photo.

“Celebrating Thanksgiving with friends and family is an important part of the holiday. To protect our vulnerable residents, we recommend family and friends screen for COVID-19 symptoms before attending any gatherings. Please stay home if you are feeling unwell or have symptoms,” said Donna Churipuy, Director of Public Health Programs. “This is especially important if celebrating indoors with people who are only partially vaccinated or not vaccinated yet.”

For a lower risk gathering PPH suggests to:

• Plan a small gathering of fully vaccinated individuals, indoors or outdoors.

• Plan a small gathering outdoors of individuals with mixed vaccine status (where some are vaccinated, some are only partially vaccinated or not vaccinated).

• Before anyone comes in your home, check to make sure they do not have any COVID-19 symptoms, have not been identified as a close contact of someone who has COVID-19, and are not waiting for a COVID-19 test result.

• Connect with family and friends virtually.

• Stay local, and try to limit travel.

• Continue to practice good hand hygiene.

• Use face coverings in moderate to high risk settings, and whenever required in public spaces.

The following activities are considered moderate risk:

• Small gatherings of individuals with mixed vaccine status, indoors with masking where distancing is not possible.

• Medium-sized gatherings with individuals attending who are not vaccinated, or partially vaccinated.

• Sharing drinks or food.

It is recommended to avoid:

• Going to social gatherings, including religious services, if you are sick, awaiting testing results, or are a close.

contact of someone with COVID-19.

• Large crowds or events - follow capacity limits, social distancing, and masking rules if you decide to attend.

Self-screening can be done online here.

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Community Area Speed Limit Project Requires Kawartha Lakes Drivers to Slow Down

The municipality of Kawartha-Lakes has launched a Community Area Speed Limit project to help improve motorist, cyclist and pedestrian safety, this project will see speed limits of 50 km per hour reduced to 40 km per hour.

Photo by david tuan bui.

This project aims to help improve motorist, cyclist and pedestrian safety. It came forward as a result of changes to the Highway Traffic Act which gave Council new options in managing and creating speed zones on municipal roads.

The municipality currently enforces a speed by-law for designated areas within towns, villages, settlement areas and hamlets known as "community speed zones" that have a speed limit of 50km/h. Through the Community Area Speed Limit project, these zones will be reduced down to 40km/h.

The campaign for the project, “40 is the new 50”, aims to educate and spread awareness to communities regarding the new speed limits and the importance of road safety.

Phase one of the project will focus on on rural speed zones and will begin to be implemented in October 2021. This includes Bethany, Burnt River, Coboconk, Kinmount, Kirkfield, Little Britain, Manilla, Norland, Oakwood, Omemee, Pontypool, Janetville, Seagrave, Sonya, Victoria Road and Woodville.

Phase two will focus on urban speed zones and will be implemented in 2022. This includes Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls and Lindsay.

Each community, including a map of all roads impacted, are available on the Community Area Speed Limit project page.

Phase one installation will begin in early October and is expected to be complete by the end of the year. As soon as the signs are installed and visible on the road, the new speed limits become enforceable.

Kawartha Lakes Police and OPP have been notified of the impacted areas and will be supporting the project through enforcement and education.

The campaign includes lawn signs that residents can request to help notify other drivers in their area of the changes and also serve as a reminder to slow down in community areas. To request a sign visit the project page and complete the online form.

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Local Restaurant Continues Family Legacy in Peterborough With Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

It has been seven months in the making but George Anagnostou is continuing his family’s legacy with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for his restaurant grand opening, Nóstimo By The Original Greek on Tuesday.

Chef Shannon Leclair (left) and George Anagnostou (right) holding the ribbon as Mayor Diane Therrien (middle) does the honours. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The restaurant opened in April but it held off on the ribbon-cutting ceremony due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Nóstimo’s specializes in Greek food where Anagnostou describes his food as fine dining for take out since there is no dining area available.

This is his fourth restaurant in Peterborough with previous places such as The Original FAT Greek StrEATery food truck in Ennismore, The Original Greek and his father’s restaurant, the Shish-Kebob Hut that opened in August 1976.

Peterborough became Anagnostou’s home since his family immigrated to Canada in 1975. He continued having his businesses in town because of the Canadian roots he had since moving here.

“I came here at 14 years old and Peterborough became my hometown,” explained Anagnostou. “I played hockey here, I've always had my heart in Peterborough, a lot of my friends are here and I went to high school here.”

Nóstimo means “delicious” in Greek. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Mayor Diane Therrien was invited to officially cut the ribbon. It is a tradition of Anagnostou’s to have the mayor perform the ceremony as with his previous ventures.

"What makes our community so unique and special is that part of it is our small business community in the way that our entrepreneurs support our community and support one another,” said Therrien.

The building’s landlord, friends and nearby entrepreneurs gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the restaurant. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Anagnostou’s focus is on Nóstimo’s after closing down his seasonal food truck over the weekend. He enlisted help from his business partner and chef Shannon Leclair that he had met during his ventures in Toronto.

The restaurant will have services that few eateries offer that can showcase the multi-talented chef Anagnostou recruited he says.

"Shannon has been doing a lot of cooking classes in the past,” he explained. “She's very talented in more than just Mediterranian and cuisine so we're going to create food global-wide and  we're going to offer wine-pairing nights." 

A portion of these sales will go to several different local charities. Catering services are also available today in addition to their wine pairing and cooking classes.

Leclair is a renowned chef in the Greater Toronto Area and studied Culinary Arts at George Brown College. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Anagnostou is a wine sommelier where a full wine rack is on display inside the establishment.

In addition to the authentic Greek menu, Nòstimo’s has a weekly fresh fish feature that has previously featured rainbow trout and sea bass that was delivered from Greece.

The restaurant is located at 184 Marina Blvd. It is open six days a week from 11:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. from Tue. to Sat. and 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. on Sundays for dinner service only.

“I'm back in the north end where we started 45 years ago,” said Anagnostou.

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Kawartha Food Share Urges Community to Donate in Time for Thanksgiving

Kawartha Food Share has put a call out for their most needed items approaching Thanksgiving weekend, one of their busiest times of the year.

File photo.

“From September to the new year it’s a bit crazy around here,” said Ashlee Aitken, Kawartha Food Share general manager. “But especially Thanksgiving weekend, it’s a big time for donations. We have lots of families that we’re supporting and trying to get as much food out to them that we can before the weekend comes.”

During the holidays, Kawartha Food Share tries to distribute turkeys and fresh produce so families can enjoy a holiday meal.

“People tend to associate giving with holidays,” she said “Thanksgiving and Christmas we tend to see lots more donations come in than during the summer months.”

A list of the most needed items has been released for anyone able to donate:

• Canned vegetables

• Pork and beans

• Mac and cheese

• Individually wrapped snacks

• Soup

• Pasta Sauce

• Boxed Stuffing

Photo courtesy of Kawartha Food Share.

Kawartha Food Share typically host larger-scale Thanksgiving food drives at various locations. Due to COVID-19, they are asking anyone that wants to donate food to bring it to their warehouse or leave it in a bin located at every grocery store in Peterborough.

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Dave Smith Announces over $47,000 in Funding to Renovate Four County Crisis and Safe Beds Program Facility

The Government of Ontario has given over $47,000 of capital funding to renovate the Four County Crisis and Safe Beds Program facility at Paddock Wood on Tuesday.

MPP Dave Smith, Mark Graham, CEO of CMHAHKPR and Jeff Candence, Program Manager of Crisis Intervention Services at CMHAHKPR, at Paddock Wood Four County Crisis and Safe Beds Program facility. Photo by Angela O’Grady.

Paddock Wood hosts the 24-hour Four County Crisis Line and has six safe beds for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis that needs to get away from their current stressful environment. Most clients stay for three to five days.

The funding will allow for a fully accessible washroom, window replacements, exterior deck upgrades, flooring replacement and a fire escape, among other projects across three locations in Peterborough.

Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith was joined by Mark Graham, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR) to make the announcement.

“Those at CMHA reach out to everybody in the community,” said Smith. “so when they have an opportunity to modify one of their properties to make it more inclusive, there are more people they can serve. Mental health isn’t restricted to someone in good shape.”

This funding is part of the government’s $182.6 million investment provided through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund and the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund (CIRF).

It will ensure that patients can continue to access the care they need in safe, comfortable environments and that the local health care system is prepared to respond to any scenario as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve.

“CMHA HKPR is pleased to once again receive capital funding from the Community Infrastructure Renewal Fund,” said Graham, “This funding will support our organization as we work to further improve the comfort, cleanliness, accessibility, and overall appearance of our sites, which positively impacts the quality of care we provide to our clients,”.”

Graham says all renovations will be complete within three to six months.

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